Hand-tool for shoe-makers



(No Model.)

W.=D. FRANK.

: 11AN15T00L FOB. SHOE MAKERS. No 299,973. Patented June 10, 1884.

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WILLIAM D. FRANK, OF ELIZABETHVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAND-TOOL FOR SHOE-MAKERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299 ,973, dated June10, 1884.

Application filed December 14, 1883. (No model) To (ZZZ whomit mayconcern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. FRANK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elizabethville, county of Dauphin, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement'in Hand-Tools forShoe-Makers, of which the following is a specification.

This-improvement relates to the class of compound tools for shoe-makersuse, where one tool is intended to subserve the purpose of many separatetools.

The object of the improvement is to furnish to the craft a tool thatwill burnish, edge, and shoulder equal to the separate tools now usedfor that purpose, and which,composed of four detach able pieces and twoset-screws,will take the place of between sixty and seventy separatetools now comprised in a good Jobbing shoemakers kit, and thus give toevery shoemaker a full kit of tools at a minimum price. This object Iattain in the use of the implement sh own in the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents thetool adapted for use as a single finishing-iron'or square-edged-soletool. Fig. 2 represents it as a shoulder-iron. Fig. 3 represents it as abevel-sole tool. Fig.

4 is the gage used with the square-edged sole.

Fig. 5 is the gage used with the bevel-edged sole; Fig. 6, a detachedview of the creasing or bead plate.

A represents the bed; B, the shank; C, the burnishingface; D, seat forcreasing or bead plate; E, recess forlug of plate; F, threaded hole forset-screw; G, gage-lug; H, set-screw in same; I, creasing or bead plate;I, creasing and beading edge; 1 oblong slot in plate; I lug fittingrecess E in the end of bed; J, setscrew; K, gagehead for square-edgedsoles; L, shank to same; M, gage for bevel-edged soles; N, shank tosame; I, divisions on the side of the bed corresponding with the numbers00 to 20, as used in the trade.

The bed may be constructed of cast or malleable iron, and the detachedpieces of caststeel, or the whole may be ofcast-steel, as may be foundmost desirable; or the detached pieces may be formed under a drop-pressof wrought iron, and subsequently case-hardened. Either way will not beexpensive, and

the fitting work is limited to cleaning, polishing, and tapping for twoset-screws.

In use the implement, arranged as in Fig. 1, has the creasing or beadingplate I placed flush with the burnishing-face of the bed, and is securedby the screw J. The gage K is then adjusted at the proper distance fromthe plate,

governed by the number size-divisions 011 the side of the bed, andranging from No. 00 to N o. 20, as the case may be, and the set-screw Hscrewed down upon the shank L, it is ready for operation, and serves thepurpose (as adjusted) of twenty-two separate tools. To use it as ashoulder-tool, the creasing or bead plate I is loosened and dropped uponthe set-screw J and secured in place; orit' may be removed altogether,which is preferable. The gage K is then adjusted, as before, by the sidedivisions on the bed, and when adjusted will do the work of twentysingle and tendouble handtools for the same purpose. To use it as abevel-sole tool, the creasing or bead plate I is replaced and the gage Msubstituted for the gage K, when it will take the place of sixnumbers ofbevel-sole tools. To use itas a shankiron, the tool is used in thecondition shown in Fig. 3, with the gage set to the first division onthe side of the bed. Bythe adjustment of the gage it will then operatein place of four numbers of the shank-tools common to the kit of theshoe-maker. Many other applications of the tool will suggest themselvesto the practical shoe-maker in the use of the same.

I am aware that hand-tools have been used previous to my invention; butI believe that I am the first to embody them in the form shown anddescribed, whereby their use is practically extended.

It will be understood that the shank B of the bed A is for insertion inahandle adapted to the use of the same.

Having shown the construction, operation, and advantages of my improvedshoe-makers tool, I desire to secure by Letters Patent the followingclaims thereon: i

1. A shoe-makers hand-tool consisting of a bed, A, provided with ashank, B, for insertion in the handle, having a seat, D, at one end,with a recess, E, and threaded hole F at the opposite end, a perforatedlug, G, cast integral with the bed, and a set-screw, H, in combinationwith theIremovably-secured gage K, or its equivalent, and the removablysecured plate I, with its bead I, oblong slot 1 5 and lug 1substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with ashoe-makershandtool, as described, thedetachable creasing or beading plate I, having lip and bead I of the IOusual construction, and provided with an oblong adjusting-slot, 1 and atongue or lug, I, fitting the recess E of the bed A, and removablysecured thereto by the set-screw J, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

3. In ashoe-makers hand-too1,as described, 15 and as a shank andburnishing-iron, the combination of the bed A, gage M, plate I,divisions P, shank N, and screws H and J, as shown, and for the purposeset forth.

. WVILLIAM D. FRANK.

Witnesses:

Gnonen M. \VER'l, JOHN F. 0001;.

